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Robin Nagle, Ph.D., director of the Draper Interdisciplinary Master’s Program within the Graduate School of Arts and Science at New York University. A cultural anthropologist, Nagle’s research emphasizes the many forms of labor and infrastructure required by waste and the organizational demands it places on urban areas. She is the author “Picking Up” and the anthropologist-in-residence for New York City’s Department of Sanitation. She will speak on the third floor of Merrick Hall.
Her presentation is part of the 2015-2016 Sagan National Colloquium speaker series, “The Place of Waste:Exploring Asian and Western Perspectives on Waste, Sustainability, and Environment.”